Signs on the Sand: { First 10 digit prime in consecutive digits of e }.com: "I agree. The first part seems to be easily solved by a brute force algorithm. The second part is a different sort. As long as you can recognize the pattern and make an intuitive leap, it is a simple program to write to do what you need to do.

I think Google wanted to make it easy for the type of engineers they are looking for and hard for those that can't not think in non-linear fashions.

I like the fact that the used e as pretty much just an intimidation factor - or maybe a geek coolness factor."